Which tool finds the email of a French SME director from the company name?

A tool that starts from the company, not the person: it must first identify who runs it (official register, dated public sources), then find the email format and verify each address. That is exactly Veriphee's process, from the name, SIREN or SIRET.

Which Hunter alternative works without a subscription?

Veriphee works with prepaid credits valid for one year, with no recurring charge: €25 excl. VAT for 10 searches, each search covering a whole company. Two searches are free on sign-up.

Can Veriphee find a director's phone number?

No. Veriphee only provides verified professional email addresses. For phone numbers, tools such as Kaspr or Lusha are designed for it.

Why compare by starting point rather than by price?

Because the units do not compare: a credit can be worth one address, one contact or a whole company depending on the tool. The right tool is first the one that starts from the information you already have.

Hunter, Dropcontact, Kaspr, Lusha or Veriphee: which tool to find a company director's email?

All five tools find professional email addresses, but they do not start from the same information. The right choice depends mainly on what you already have: a LinkedIn profile, a contact file, a domain, or just the name of a company.

By Bertrand Menesguen, founder of Créacodeal · Updated : 2026-09-28

The short answer

If you start from a LinkedIn profile, Kaspr and Lusha are built for it and also return phone numbers. If you already have a contact file (first name, last name, company) to complete, Dropcontact specialises in enrichment. If you know a company's domain or want to send email sequences, Hunter covers those uses. If all you have is names of French companies or SIREN numbers, without knowing who runs them, that is the case Veriphee was designed for.

The real difference: the starting point

Tool	You start from	It gives you	Pricing model
Hunter	A domain, or a first name, last name and domain	The addresses found, a score, a verification	Monthly or annual subscription, free plan
Dropcontact	A contact file (first name, last name, company)	The completed and validated email, cleaned data	Monthly or annual subscription, free trial
Kaspr	A LinkedIn profile (Chrome extension)	Email and phone number	Per-user subscription, free plan
Lusha	A LinkedIn profile or a website (extension)	Email and phone number	Per-user subscription, free plan
Veriphee	A French company name, SIREN or SIRET	Its directors, then their verified addresses with a verdict	Prepaid credits, no subscription, 2 free searches

The five tools in brief

Hunter

A well-known platform for domain search (a company's addresses published on the web) and for finding a person from their name and the domain. It also offers a verifier and email sequences. You therefore need to know who to look for and on which domain.

Dropcontact

A French enrichment tool: you give it contacts whose name and company you know, it finds and validates the email, cleans the data and connects to CRMs. It highlights GDPR compliance and pay-on-success pricing.

Kaspr

A Chrome extension that shows a person's email and phone number from their LinkedIn profile, groups or events. Convenient when prospecting already happens on LinkedIn.

Lusha

A platform and browser extension that reveal a contact's email and phone number. An email costs 1 credit, a phone number 5 credits. Designed for sales teams prospecting by phone and email.

Veriphee

A French service that starts from the name of a company alone (or its SIREN, or a list of 50 companies): it identifies its directors from the official register and dated public sources, works out the company's email format, builds each director's address and checks it with the mail server without sending a message. Each address gets a verdict: Valid, To be confirmed or Not found. See how to find a company director's email.

Public pricing, checked on 28 September 2026

Tool	Free plan	First paid price shown	Unit
Hunter	50 credits per month	$49 per month ($34 per month billed annually), 2,000 credits per month	1 credit = 1 email found, 0.5 credit = 1 verification
Dropcontact	50 trial credits	€79 excl. VAT per month (€63.20 billed annually), 500 credits per month	Enrichment credit
Kaspr	15 emails and 5 phone numbers per month	Per-user subscription: see kaspr.io	Email, phone and export credits
Lusha	40 credits per month	Per-user subscriptions: see lusha.com	1 credit per email, 5 per phone number
Veriphee	2 searches on sign-up	€25 excl. VAT for 10 searches, no subscription	1 credit = 1 complete company, directors included

Sources: pricing pages of Hunter, Dropcontact, Kaspr, Lusha and Veriphee. Prices change: check them on each vendor's website. Units are not equivalent from one tool to another: one Veriphee credit covers a whole company (identifying its directors and verifying their addresses), whereas the other tools generally count per address or per contact.

Which tool for which case

You prospect on LinkedIn and also want the phone number: Kaspr or Lusha.
You have a file of named contacts to complete or clean: Dropcontact.
You know the domain, or you want to send your campaigns from the same tool: Hunter.
You have a list of French companies (website visitors, trade show exhibitors, SIREN file) and do not know who runs them: Veriphee. See identified website visitors.
You prospect occasionally and do not want a subscription: a prepaid credit tool such as Veriphee avoids paying every month for irregular use.

What Veriphee does not do

No phone numbers: Veriphee only returns professional email addresses.
No LinkedIn extension: the starting point is always the company.
No campaign sending: Veriphee finds and verifies, you write from your own mailbox or usual tool.
No contact database for sale: addresses are computed on demand, for your use.
Directors are identified for companies registered in France.

The tools combine easily: Veriphee to know who to contact in a list of companies, then your usual sending tool. The brands mentioned belong to their respective owners.

Frequently asked questions

Which tool finds the email of a French SME director from the company name?: A tool that starts from the company, not the person: it must first identify who runs it (official register, dated public sources), then find the email format and verify each address. That is exactly Veriphee's process, from the name, SIREN or SIRET.
Which Hunter alternative works without a subscription?: Veriphee works with prepaid credits valid for one year, with no recurring charge: €25 excl. VAT for 10 searches, each search covering a whole company. Two searches are free on sign-up.
Can Veriphee find a director's phone number?: No. Veriphee only provides verified professional email addresses. For phone numbers, tools such as Kaspr or Lusha are designed for it.
Why compare by starting point rather than by price?: Because the units do not compare: a credit can be worth one address, one contact or a whole company depending on the tool. The right tool is first the one that starts from the information you already have.